TV & Film

With ‘SAP,’ Mae Martin looks for life’s little joys

The comedian discusses their new Netflix special, walking the red carpet with Elliot Page and recording a music album

By Mel Woods

Xtra News Flash

Queers on TV, P.E.I. Pride nixes politicos, Ugandan death sentence, Grindr’s HIV tests and a super-drag queen telethon

5 queer and trans stories to watch: March 22

By Maddy Mahoney

Xtra News Flash

Hockey got gay, New York’s AG hosts Drag Story Hour, anti-trans Scottish candidates, Billie Eilish plays queer and Tinder’s new relationship types

Bite-size queer and trans news for the week of March 20

By Eve Cable

Xtra News Flash

‘Willow’ cancelled, historic Hanlan’s, Australia rallies, tracking celebrity allies and a Michigan librarian reads censors to filth

5 queer and trans news stories to follow: March 17

By Maddy Mahoney

TV & Film

Cara Delevingne’s globe-trotting ‘Planet Sex’ docuseries doesn’t quite climax

REVIEW: Cara Delevingne’s sexual exploration is a vanity project peppered with grounded humanism

By Rendy Jones

Xtra News Flash

Oscars make history, rural Pride networks, India and same-sex marriage, Scream VI is super gay and queer Juno winners

5 queer and trans news stories we’re watching the week of March 13

By Eve Cable

TV & Film

The 5 queerest moments from the 2023 Oscars

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” was everything, the queers ate on the champagne carpet and yes, Lady Gaga made an appearance

By Mel Woods

Xtra News Flash

Oscars’ gender, indecency expunged, a big queer Tennessee benefit, beautiful Minnesota and welcome, Suzy Eddie Izzard

5 queer and trans news stories we’re following: March 10

By Maddy Mahoney

TV & Film

‘Cassandro’ captures the triumph and heartbreak of the queer experience

REVIEW: Roger Ross Williams’s lucha libre biopic is a thrilling tour de force

By Barry Levitt

Family

Black parents of trans kids speak to the power of public support

Gabrielle Union-Wade and Dwyane Wade dedicated their NAACP Image Award to their trans daughter, Zaya

By Pascale Diverlus

TV & Film

‘Aftersun’ and the man I used to be

I see myself in Sophie, but I also see me in her father Callum, played by Paul Mescal

By Emma Ambrose

Drag

Drag is under attack. What role does ‘Drag Race’ play in fighting back?

OPINION: As attacks on drag and trans people escalate in the U.S., what can RuPaul do?

By Mel Woods

Queer View Mirror

The soft masculinity of ‘Top Gun’ is underappreciated lesbian joy

As “Top Gun: Maverick” roars into the Oscars, its predecessor’s model of masculine bonding is worth looking back on

By Kerry Manders

Xtra News Flash

Censoring ‘The Last of Us,’ George Santos’s comeuppance (?), a new lesbian bar (!?), same-sex marriage attack and powerlifter JayCee Cooper

5 queer and trans news stories to follow: March 3

By Maddy Mahoney

Censorship

How Russian censorship is going to extreme lengths to make the gays disappear

From “The White Lotus” to “Sex and the City,” Russian censors are hell-bent on gutting pop culture

By Mikhail Gillman

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 9 power ranking: Crystals are a queen’s best friend

We say goodbye to someone who became a fan favourite

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 9 recap: Happy birthday, ‘Drag Race’!

Our favourite show turns 200—episodes, that is

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Xtra News Flash

Butt plug trophy auction, queers Gallup ahead, Tennessee bans drag, Meta’s hate profits and a rap by Ariana DeBose

5 queer and trans news stories we’re watching (plus a baby bonus): Feb. 24

By Maddy Mahoney